Movie: Amateur Crook

Top 10 Billed Cast

Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett

Jimmy Baxter

Joan Barclay
Joan Barclay

Betsy Cummings, alias Mary Layton

Monte Blue
Monte Blue

Crone

Jack Mulhall
Jack Mulhall

Jan Jaffin

Vivien Oakland
Vivien Oakland

Mrs. Flint, Landlady

Jimmy Aubrey
Jimmy Aubrey

Ben Armand, Junk Dealer

Fuzzy Knight
Fuzzy Knight

Jape, the Gas-Station Attendant

Henry Roquemore
Henry Roquemore

Judge Ephraim

Edward Earle
Edward Earle

Deputy Jonas

Forrest Taylor
Forrest Taylor

Jerry Cummings

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    Jerry Cummings, a mining engineer, has pledged a large diamond on a short-term note to a pair of crooked loan sharks, Crone and Jan Jaffin, and heads for Mexico. His daughter Betsy, posing as a jewel thief called Mary Layton, is working to keep the crooks from absconding with the jewel, and her efforts are hindered greatly by an artist, Jimmy Baxter, who thinks she is a crook and Crone and Jaffin the good guys.

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    1937-12-10

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